NSA Warns Public Networks are Hacker Hotbeds
Agency warns attackers targeting teleworkers to steal corporate data.
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Web Security
CISA’s Top 30 Bugs: One’s Old Enough to Buy Beer
There are patches or remediations for all of them, but they’re still being picked apart. Why should attackers stop if the flaws remain unpatched, as so many do?
Read MoreSix Malicious Linux Shell Scripts Used to Evade Defenses and How to Stop Them
Uptycs Threat Research outline how malicious Linux shell scripts are used to cloak attacks and how defenders can detect and mitigate against them.
Read MoreBlackMatter & Haron: Evil Ransomware Newborns or Rebirths
They’re either new or old REvil & DarkSide wine in new bottles. Both have a taste for deep-pocketed targets and DarkSide-esque virtue-signaling.
Read MoreReboot of PunkSpider Tool at DEF CON Stirs Debate
Researchers plan to introduce a revamp of PunkSpider, which helps identify flaws in websites so companies can make their back-end systems more secure, at DEF CON.
Read MorePodcast: Why Securing Active Directory Is a Nightmare
Researchers preview work to be presented at Black Hat on how AD “misconfiguration debt” lays out a dizzying array of attack paths, such as in PetitPotam.
Read MoreNo More Ransom Saves Victims Nearly €1 Over 5 Years
No More Ransom is collecting decryptors so ransomware victims don’t have to pay to get their data back and attackers don’t get rich.
Read MoreZimbra Server Bugs Could Lead to Email Plundering
Two bugs, now patched except in older versions, could be chained to allow attackers to hijack Zimbra server by simply sending a malicious email.
Read MoreThree Zero-Day Bugs Plague Kaseya Unitrends Backup Servers
The unpatched flaws include RCE and authenticated privilege escalation on the client-side: Just the latest woe for the ransomware-walloped MSP.
Read MorePodcast: IoT Piranhas Are Swarming Industrial Controls
Enormous botnets of IoT devices are going after decades-old legacy systems that are rife in systems that control crucial infrastructure.
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